Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut)

Vladimir Titov
Born
Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov

(1947-01-01) January 1, 1947 (age 77)
StatusRetired
NationalityRussian
OccupationPilot
Space career
RKA Cosmonaut
RankColonel
Time in space
387d 00h 45m
Selection1976 Cosmonaut Group
MissionsSoyuz T-8, Soyuz T-10-1, Mir EO-3 (Soyuz TM-4 / Soyuz TM-6), STS-63, STS-86
Mission insignia

Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Титов; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia) is a retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut. He has participated in four spaceflight missions. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only four people to use a launch escape system. He is married to Alexandra Kozlova, they have two children.


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